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Adobe Releases Flash Player 10 to Overshadow Silverlight 2

Posted 10/15/08 at 06:00:36 PM  by Pulkit Chandna

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Adobe Flash Player 10 has been released. Its release follows a day after its only notable competitor Microsoft Silverlight 2 became available. The latest iteration of Flash is filled with many enhancements including native 3D transformation and animation, custom filters and effects, advanced audio processing and GPU hardware acceleration.

Adobe’s senior marketing manager in the Platform Business Unit, Tom Barclay, said that the Flash Player 10 is capable of “things not possible with Silverlight 2.” The direct reference to Silverlight 2 underscores the amount of respect Adobe accords to its seemingly innocuous rival – just about enough. Barclay heavily touted the addition of Adobe Pixel Blender-related functionality in the new edition. Flash Player 10 has simultaneously become available on Windows, Mac and Linux.

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TAGS: microsoft, Software, Adobe, web, silverlight 2, flash player 10
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avatarSilverlight 2???

Submitted by winmaster on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 5:53pm

There's a Silverlight 2? I haven't even tried Silverlight 1 yet. I don't install anything until I visit a web site that requires it, and no websites that I've seen require Silverlight, they can only be enhanced by it. Meanwhile, there are websites that are written entirely with flash. Ever tried to use the Wii's flash 7 web browser. Not pretty.

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avatarAnd?

Submitted by Velcrow on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 7:50am

I fail to see how this really changes the battlefield much. The draw of Silverlight is the ability of average joe C#/VB developer to make great looking apps/sites without learning actionscript and the Flash architecture. That's why I use it. And yes, I considered Flash at one point. Tried it, but was never hooked. Silverlight appeals to my developer skills. Small learning curve. It's even fun. Good times.

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avatarA valid point, Velcrow

Submitted by opulent_rigs on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 10:22am

I remember being scared by Actionscript when I had decided to develop a Flash website on my own - for personal pleasure - around 4-5 years ago.

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avatarAdobe Releases Flash Player 10 to Support Adobe Flash CS4

Submitted by patrickmaher on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 4:52pm

I really doubt they heard about Silverlight 2 on the 13th and then decided to throw their new version out 2 days later. Even if they heard about the Oct 14th date awhile back, I doubt they planned their CS4 release to compete with Silverlight. Now that I think about it, it's a lot more likely to be the other way around.

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